Donate to TypeDrawers (2017 Edition)

In the words of Stephen Coles: “TypeDrawers is an independent forum run by Tiffany Wardle de Sousa and James Todd. This site is not sponsored by any commercial entity. Participation is absolutely free, but members are welcome to contribute to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of the site. There is no prescribed fee — just give what you feel TypeDrawers is worth to you.”

Donations can be made through Paypal or, if you’re based in the US, we suggest making them through Square. Thank you all for helping to make TypeDrawers what it is!

Comments

Happy to donate a bit @James Todd, but is there any kind of budget / summary of the cost structure to run the forum? How much you hope to raise? How much was raised last year, and how much you covered personally because we raised too little? (if that was the case).

I'll leave it to James to disclose budget and goals about the upcoming year, but the money raised in 2014–15 was almost exactly the amount needed to cover 27 months of forum service fees (the period of my ownership). Those funds run out this month. I don't think anyone is under the illusion that TD is a profit-making enterprise, but I hope James and Tiffany can raise a bit more than we did last time so there is a bit of compensation for their time.

Monthly costs are about the same a licensing a single weight of a typeface from a reputable type foundry. Anything extra will be saved in case our grandfathered rate changes or we need to have a custom tool developed by vanilla or, assuming none of those things come to pass, to pay for subsequent years.

Hello, it's been quite a while. Best wishes for 2017 to all. I haven't been frequenting this place a lot but I really appreciate the information gathered here and the support when working on a typeface. Good luck!

I second Nick's request. Setting it up as a potentially deductible expense would encourage much greater generosity. ALSO: It was only by accident that I noticed this announcement. Generally, those things in gray at the top of the discussion list are very old and I tend to ignore them, as I'm sure others do, too. You might want to reiterate your request as a general posting or in some other, more noticeable way.